Breakthrough Discovery: Nanoparticles That Neutralize Viruses in the Dark
Scientists have identified nanoparticles that latch onto and destroy virus membranes, opening new possibilities for antiviral ...
Hand sanitizer isn't enough to protect against norovirus. What should you do instead?
Hand sanitizer is simply not as effective against norovirus as it at killing other pathogens due to the virus's firm shell, ...
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Virus Explorer
Some of the different types of host organisms that viruses can infect. Transmission is the passing of a virus from one host to another. The mechanism by which a virus is transmitted depends on ...
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Hand sanitizer isn't enough to kill norovirus, experts say. Here's what to do instead
This route is what's known as "fecal-oral transmission," says Wilen ... There are two major categories of viruses, Wilen explains: enveloped and non-enveloped. Enveloped viruses, like influenza ...
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US has found H5N1 flu virus in milk—here's why the risk to humans is likely low
Influenza is an enveloped virus, meaning that it takes its outer ... of protection when it comes to the risk of milk-borne H5N1 transmission. For example, studies have shown that influenza viruses ...
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The measles virus structure and the function of F protein (IMAGE)
The measles virus is an enveloped virus bearing a lipid bilayer. The bilayer holds the receptor binding hemagglutinin (H) protein and the fusion (F) protein. For infection to happen, the H protein ...